Bug 2516531 (CVE-2026-72395) - CVE-2026-72395 kernel: hwmon: (pmbus) Fix passing events to regulator core
Summary: CVE-2026-72395 kernel: hwmon: (pmbus) Fix passing events to regulator core
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-72395
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Reported: 2026-08-15 06:17 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-08-18 14:37 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-08-15 06:17:23 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

hwmon: (pmbus) Fix passing events to regulator core

Sashiko reports:

Commit 754bd2b4a084 ("hwmon: (pmbus/core) Protect regulator operations with
mutex") introduced a worker to batch regulator events over time using
atomic_or(). The delayed worker then passes the combined bitmask unmodified
to regulator_notifier_call_chain().

The core regulator subsystem's regulator_handle_critical() function
evaluates the event parameter using a strict switch statement. If
multiple distinct faults occur before the worker runs (e.g.,
REGULATOR_EVENT_UNDER_VOLTAGE | REGULATOR_EVENT_OVER_CURRENT), the combined
bitmask fails to match any case. This leaves the reason as NULL and
completely bypasses the critical hw_protection_trigger().

Fix the problem by passing events bit by bit to the regulator event
handler.


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